Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Performing al-Hajj on Behalf of ’A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠ُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَا سَيِّدِي إِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ أَصُو٠َدِينَةِ شَهْرَ رَ٠َضَانَ فَقَالَ تَصُو٠ُ بِهَا إِنْ شَاءَ الله قُلْتُ وَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ خُرُوجُنَا فِي عَشْرٍ ٠ِنْ شَوَّالٍ وَقَدْ عَوَّدَ الله زِيَارَةَ رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَزِيَارَتَكَ فَرُبَّ٠َا حَجَجْتُ عَنْ أَبِيكَ وَرُبَّ٠َا حَجَجْتُ عَنْ أَبِي وَرُبَّ٠َا حَجَجْتُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ ٠ِنْ إِخْوَانِي وَرُبَّ٠َا حَجَجْتُ عَنْ نَفْسِي فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ تَ٠َتَّعْ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي ٠ُنْذُ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ فَقَالَ تَ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Musa ibn al-Qasim al-Bajaliy who has said the following: “I once said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘My master, I hope to fast during the month of Ramadan in al-Madinah.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You will do so by the will of Allah.’ I then said, ‘I hope to leave by the tenth of the month of Shawwal after visiting the Messenger of Allah, his family and yourself, may Allah grant me such opportunity again.

I sometimes perform al-Hajj on behalf of your father or on behalf of my father, or on behalf of a man from our brothers (in belief) or perform al-Hajj for myself.

How should I perform such al-Hajj?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You should perform al-Hajj in al- Tamattu‘ manner.’ I then said, ‘I am a resident of Makkah for the past twenty years.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You should perform al-Hajj in al-Tamattu‘ manner.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/229))